| Celiac disease is a kind of genetic autoimmune | | | | affected specifically the digestive system. |
| disease which directly attacks the intestines in the | | | | How can we know that a person is affected with |
| body. This disease is characterized by the | | | | this disease? The common celiac disease |
| abnormal treatment of the immune system if | | | | symptoms include extreme weight, chronic |
| gluten which is a special kind of protein found in | | | | diarrhea, abdominal bloating, and abnormal smelling |
| barley, wheat and cereals. The abnormal | | | | of the stool. This then is usually accompanied by |
| treatment of the immune system here means | | | | terrible stomach pains especially when having |
| that the system treats the protein as a toxin | | | | chronic diarrhea and among children, irritability is |
| which is harmful to the body. When people with | | | | one manifestation of the symptoms. There are |
| celiac disease eat food rich in gluten, the body | | | | other celiac disease symptoms which include bone |
| responds to it abnormally damaging the lining of | | | | pain, gas pains, skin rash, anemia and even slow |
| the intestines. When this happens, the person | | | | growth for children. There are also some |
| starts to lose weight and eventually become | | | | behavioral symptoms like depression and irritability. |
| malnourished because the lining is responsible for | | | | People diagnosed with celiac disease are enjoined |
| the absorption of the nutrients from food. | | | | to follow a gluten-free diet. This kind of diet |
| This is one of the most common diseases in the | | | | simply involves eating food without gluten. |
| US nowadays because of gluten in foods that are | | | | However, it isn't easy as we thought because |
| eaten almost everyday. It has been noted also | | | | even though the diet says eating food without |
| that the number of people who develop this | | | | gluten, it is still difficult to know whether foods |
| disease is increasing every year according to | | | | have gluten or not. For food like cereals and |
| surveys. There has been a misconception also | | | | barley, well that's easy. However, some |
| about celiac disease symptoms. People used to | | | | commercial food such as biscuits and wafers, you |
| think that celiac diseases are common only among | | | | have to carefully exercise precaution as these |
| children and as they grow, they will eventually be | | | | products usually contain gluten. |
| cured. This has been thought by people because | | | | Since this disease is becoming more common |
| the primary celiac disease symptoms can be felt | | | | these days, the market right now is developing |
| at a younger age. It is true but we shouldn't | | | | and making gluten-free meals available for most |
| forget the point that this disease will just start at | | | | people so that it is easy for them to maintain |
| an early age but it continues as the person grows | | | | such diet. The good thing also is that over the |
| if not treated immediately. This disease may get | | | | years, the processes from the diagnosis to the |
| worse and the multiple body organs might be | | | | treatment of this disease have improved a lot. |